A Surgical Approach to the Treatment of Fetal Hydrocephalus
- 3 June 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 306 (22), 1320-1325
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198206033062202
Abstract
Untreated fetal hydrocephalus results in gross cranial and facial abnormalities and profound brain damage. In an attempt to prevent both, a ventriculoamniotic shunt was implanted in a fetus with probable X-linked aqueductal stenosis and hydrocephalus.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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